Labor Members of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra are on strike against unfair work expectations by the orchestra's board of directors.
October 10, 2008 Five weeks into an IAM strike, the profit-hungry airplane maker is trying to make workers hungry enough to settle for a bad contract.
October 7, 2008 : Larry Bradshaw and Brian Cruz Thousands of members of SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West turned out to protest the international union's attempt to take control of their local.
October 3, 2008 Full-time faculty, members of United Academics-AFT/AAUP win an important contract victory at the University of Vermont.
October 2, 2008 Members of Teamsters Local 705 who work at UPS in Chicago are mailing in ballots on a proposed five-year contract.
September 24, 2008 Members of the Professional Staff Organization are on strike against the union that represents nearly 50,000 teachers in Oregon.
September 24, 2008 A successful strike of teachers in Bellevue, west of Seattle, ended in a three-year contract that raises salaries and gives teachers more flexibility.
September 23, 2008 : Derek Wright On September 22, 2007, one of the world's largest corporations killed Jon Kelley Wright, through arrogance and neglect.
September 22, 2008 : Don Grinde and Steven Parsley The strike by 27,500 workers at Boeing is a test of whether organized labor can use its leverage to make gains.
September 19, 2008 Andrew Stern wants to take control of the union's California health care workers local, but members have other ideas.
September 17, 2008 The critical sticking point for striking teachers in Bellevue, Wash., is the school district's scripted daily lessons.
September 10, 2008 Two hundred members of the Washington State Nurses Association picketed the University of Washington Medical Center in their contract dispute with the UW administration.
September 10, 2008 Production lines at one of the world's most powerful corporations ground to a halt when workers went on strike over wages, health care and outsourcing.
September 9, 2008 : Darrin Hoop Boeing workers proved they were ready to fight with an overwhelming vote to strike--and after a 48-hour delay, they are walking picket lines.
September 5, 2008 Over 800 leaders and activists in United Teachers Los Angeles began preparations for a possible strike at the union's recent leadership conference.
September 2, 2008 : Darrin Hoop IAM members went on a 28-day strike at Boeing in 2005 and could soon be on the picket line again.
August 27, 2008 Hundreds of workers rallied August 21 at the University of Washington and Harborview Medical Center to demand a decent wage increase.
August 27, 2008 Some 200 Cooley Dickinson Hospital nurses and supporters turned out for an informational picket called by the Massachusetts Nurses Association.
August 27, 2008 Some 65 union members and supporters turned out to picket an anti-union event being held at the Sheraton Commander Hotel in Harvard Square.
August 27, 2008 Some 500 Washington state workers facing a contract fight rallied and marched on August 12.
August 21, 2008 Why is SEIU trying to recruit nurses at Chicago's main public hospital when they already belong to another union?
August 20, 2008 Strikers at the Kingsbridge Heights Rehabilitation and Care Center are enjoying two well-earned victories in their fight for health care and justice on the job.
August 20, 2008 After working eight days without a contract, and hours before a strike deadline was to expire, the CWA and IBEW announced a tentative agreement with Verizon.
August 12, 2008 Rather than expel the Freightliner Five, the UAW should be putting them on tour to raise funds for the campaign to get their jobs back and build support for organizing the South.
August 8, 2008 : Julie Washington The elementary vice president of the UTLA discusses the union's one-hour strike on June 6 to protest budget cuts and the challenge of charter schools.
August 6, 2008 While management cashes in on Medicare funds, workers at a Bronx rehabilitation facility have spent five months on strike.
August 5, 2008 : Darrin Hoop An 11-day strike ended in a victory for 300 fire sprinkler installers in western Washington, thanks to support from union workers and the community.
July 31, 2008 Teamsters at Local 705 in Chicago turned out in large numbers July 20 to vote to authorize a strike at the shipping giant UPS.
July 30, 2008 The telecommunications giant is pressing hard for concessions, but the unions have faltered in fighting for a better contract.
July 25, 2008 Truck drivers and community groups united for a rally in Oakland, Calif., to demand better working conditions and environmental protection.
July 24, 2008 : Kathryn Lybarger After five days on strike against the University of California, an AFSCME member looks at what the walkout taught about defiance and unity.
July 23, 2008 Like the 100-day writers' strike this past winter, the main sticking point in the Screen Actors Guild contract battle revolves around digital media.
July 22, 2008 Spirits were high among workers at the midpoint of a five-day strike at 10 University of California campuses and five hospitals.
July 17, 2008 University of California service workers at 10 campuses and five UC hospitals walked off the job, beginning a five-day strike in defiance of a judge’s restraining order.
July 15, 2008 Some 500 people marched in Oakland, Calif., on June 30 as contracts covering 50,000 East Bay workers were about to expire.
July 9, 2008 A strike by 300 fire sprinkler installers has shut down construction at most large construction sites in Seattle and western Washington.
July 4, 2008 Rank-and-filers in the Teachers Association of Long Beach scored a victory--only to have it taken away by the state union.
July 2, 2008 On the heels of a successful one-hour job action, union teachers in Los Angeles nevertheless voted down a proposal to increase dues.
June 27, 2008 : Larry Bradshaw SEIU President Andy Stern and his staff prevailed at the convention, but pro-reform members succeeded in advancing a debate inside the country's largest union.
June 17, 2008 The Chicago Teachers Union finds itself in crisis because of a nasty fight between top officials--at a time when administrators are pressing their attack.
June 17, 2008 Over 200 people gathered in Seattle to demand a decent contract for area janitors as part of a national Justice for Janitors day of action June 13.
June 17, 2008 Some 80 percent of Los Angeles teachers participated in a one-hour strike at the start of the school day June 6 to protest billions in budget cuts.
June 9, 2008 The union for 20,000 UC service and technical workers rescinded its strike notice after a state board ordered new talks.
June 5, 2008 : Larry Bradshaw and Brian Cruz The security clampdown at the SEIU convention in Puerto Rico is directed at internal and external dissent against the program of union leaders.
June 4, 2008 United Teachers Los Angeles has called a one-hour strike for the morning of June 6 despite the school district's attempts to stop them.
June 3, 2008 : Lee Sustar Turns out that the man hailed by some as the savior of the labor movement in the 21st century is proving himself an old-school labor bureaucrat after all.
June 2, 2008 Bosses at the Woodman's grocery chain in Wisconsin are threatening workers with a campaign to decertify their union.
May 23, 2008 With Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger threatening to cut billions from education funding, teachers across California took part in local protests May 14.
May 22, 2008 Indian guest workers have begun a hunger strike outside the White House to protest the slave-like conditions they endured.
May 20, 2008 In a bid to settle a three-month strike at American Axle, UAW officials have agreed to a familiar litany of concessions.
May 20, 2008 Chicago Teachers Union leaders announced to a packed House of Delegates meeting that the union is $2 million in debt.
May 19, 2008 Around 100 people turned out to support the Farm Labor Organizing Committee during a shareholders’ meeting of the Reynolds tobacco company.
May 19, 2008 Supporters of the Freightliner Five turned out in Cleveland, N.C. and other cities for actions to protest their illegal termination.
May 14, 2008 Hundreds of labor activists and organizers met in Providence, R.I., to discuss strategies for the movement.
May 14, 2008 Immigrant restaurant workers win their four-month fight against a manager's sexual harassment.
May 12, 2008 UNITE HERE is organizing a boycott of Baltimore's Sheraton City Center Hotel in a fight for union rights.
May 9, 2008 Thousands of 1199SEIU members rallied in New York City in support of strikers at the Kingsbridge Heights Nursing Home, whose owner refuses to sign a union contract.
May 7, 2008 Dockworkers up and down the West Coast stopped work on May Day in a protest against the war.
May 2, 2008 : Brian Cruz and Larry Bradshaw On the surface, the SEIU's conflict with the California Nurses Association is about an Ohio union drive, but the issues involved run deeper.
April 25, 2008 Dockworkers voted to shut down West Coast ports on May 1 to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
April 25, 2008 : Jerry Tucker Labor activist Jerry Tucker talks to Socialist Worker about the state of organized labor three years after the split in the AFL-CIO.
April 11, 2008 The coming contract fight at Verizon embodies many of the key issues facing a struggling labor movement.
April 11, 2008 Public education activists from Canada, Mexico and the U.S. will gather in Los Angeles at the Trinational Conference in Defense of Public Education.
April 11, 2008 Members of the CNA marked the end of a 10-day strike against the Sutter Health network with a San Francisco rally.
April 4, 2008 The Service Employees International Union and California Nurses Association are locked in a dispute over a nurses' organizing drive in Ohio.
April 4, 2008 Long Beach school officials are trying to capitalize on Arnold Schwarzenegger's manufactured budget crisis by declaring a fiscal freeze.
March 28, 2008 Some 4,000 members of the California Nurses Association began a 10-day strike against the Sutter Health network at eight Bay Area facilities.
March 28, 2008 New York children are among the latest victims of the nation's economic crisis as the budget ax has come down on public schools.
March 21, 2008 A strike by workers at five American Axle plants has forced the partial or complete shutdown of 20 General Motors factories.
March 14, 2008 The Teachers Federation of Puerto Rico went on strike after the government of Gov. Aníbal Acevedo Vilá cancelled their previous contract.
March 7, 2008 The re-election of the UTLA's reform leadership sends a clear message that members don't want a return of the old guard.
March 7, 2008 Support the Freightliner Five | Saigon Grill | Portland, Ore., public schools
March 7, 2008 Five defiant United Auto Workers members are fighting to win back their jobs after being unjustly terminated by Freightliner nearly a year ago.
February 22, 2008 : Adam Turl The labor movement in Los Angeles, in cooperation with immigrant advocacy groups, has stepped up the effort to defend the undocumented.
February 22, 2008 An ongoing battle within the Service Employees International Union reached a new pitch when a top official resigned from the executive committee.
February 22, 2008 The labor movement in Los Angeles, in cooperation with immigrant advocacy groups, has stepped up the effort to defend the undocumented.
February 22, 2008 Chicago Public Schools | Solidarity with the Freightliner Five
February 15, 2008 Hollywood writers won important gains after standing strong in a 14-week strike against TV and film producers.
February 15, 2008 Press reports suggest a deal is near between the Writers Guild of America and major Hollywood studios.
February 8, 2008 A fight for five workers terminated for union activity at a North Carolina truck plant has high stakes for labor's long effort to organize the South.
February 1, 2008 Twelve weeks into the Writers Guild strike, indications are that negotiations between the union and the Hollywood producers may resume.
January 25, 2008 The Writers Guild walkout has shown the importance of picket lines and union solidarity--important lessons for labor as a whole.
January 18, 2008 The new year on television began with Writers Guild picket lines outside TV studios as late night talk shows went back on the air.
January 11, 2008
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